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late today, new york city mayor michael bloomberg said most bridges and tunnels will be restricted to high-occupancy vehicles for next several days. but he said his city is on the road to recovery. >> bottom line is we've lost some people and pray for families. go forward here and keep this city going and make sure we have visitors and jobs for people. do that in the names we lost. thank you very much. >> reporter: in new jersey, aerial views from helicopters revealed scenes of total devastation. entire neighborhoods underwater in ocean county, an amusement park along the jersey shore in seaside heights in disarray, with some rides washed away by the waves.se those displaced by the storm have been taking shelter in gymnasiums and other facilities. >> we never went trough anything like this. we may have had a storm where it blew a couple of things back and forth, but for it to be flooded lace,all over the disheveled. >> i'm 69 years old and it's worse i've ever seen in my life. >> halloween will be on monday in new jersey, all right. >> reporter: today, new jersey governor chris christ
late today, new york city mayor michael bloomberg said most bridges and tunnels will be restricted to high-occupancy vehicles for next several days. but he said his city is on the road to recovery. >> bottom line is we've lost some people and pray for families. go forward here and keep this city going and make sure we have visitors and jobs for people. do that in the names we lost. thank you very much. >> reporter: in new jersey, aerial views from helicopters revealed scenes of...
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large parts of new jersey's coast were in ruins, even as new york city took new steps toward getting back to normal. and president obama and republican challenger mitt romney returned to full-scale campaigning, with the election just five days off. we have follow-up online to our story the street drugs knowntr as bath salts. kwame holman h the details >> holman: state officials in maine are linking the abuse of bath salts to increased rates of child neglect.et we look at that and the latest scientific research on the drug spencer michels examines propositions and congressional races on the ballot in california. and older americans are working longer and returning to the workforce rcter retiring.ti you can help paul solman look into that demographic shift. if you're an older worker, fill out a questionnare on the rundown. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here,n silence, are ei
large parts of new jersey's coast were in ruins, even as new york city took new steps toward getting back to normal. and president obama and republican challenger mitt romney returned to full-scale campaigning, with the election just five days off. we have follow-up online to our story the street drugs knowntr as bath salts. kwame holman h the details >> holman: state officials in maine are linking the abuse of bath salts to increased rates of child neglect.et we look at that and the...
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new york city mayor michael bloomberg defended the decision. >> it doesn't use resources that can really make a difference in recovery and that sort of thing. it's a different group of people. we have to work around the clock for people to get through this thing, and i assure you we're doing that. if i thought it took any resources away from that we would, we would not do this. >> bloomberg reversed course and announced the marathon was canceled. further adding to the frustration of many, the power was still off for well over three million customers, many of them in new york and new jersey. this man lives in far rockaway, in queens. >> we are not sitting around here singing "kumbaya." this is really a dangerous, dangerous situation, and it's a real dangerous place in the dark. >> suarez: the power company, consolidated edison, said it hopes to have all the lights back on in manhattan by tomorrow, but others could wait as long as november 11. new york governor andrew cuomo was unimpressed. >> that will be great for downtown manhattan. i grew up in a place called queens, and there's a plac
new york city mayor michael bloomberg defended the decision. >> it doesn't use resources that can really make a difference in recovery and that sort of thing. it's a different group of people. we have to work around the clock for people to get through this thing, and i assure you we're doing that. if i thought it took any resources away from that we would, we would not do this. >> bloomberg reversed course and announced the marathon was canceled. further adding to the frustration of...
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you hear less of that in new york city because people don't really expect to see w n kepairmen, you k front of their buildings, necessarily. and their power will come on sort of all at once like in neighborhoods as opposed to out in the suburbs where me people need power restrung right to their house. >> suarez: is there a solid waste problem? i mean with so much damage to so many things in so many places is the a lot of wrecking t fetid stuff around you don't very much to go yet. >> there are places where the city is starting to smechl i was in this building today where i was passing on my way up the stairs i was passing people carrying huge bags of trash down the stairs. that building had not had working toilets since monday there are a number of place like that i was in the company headquarters and they have been without power since monday night. working. they don't have their toilets working either. or they didn't for much of the time. they might be back on now, but it smells bad in some of these buildings and i guess it's going to ontinueg for another day or two. >> are people ge
you hear less of that in new york city because people don't really expect to see w n kepairmen, you k front of their buildings, necessarily. and their power will come on sort of all at once like in neighborhoods as opposed to out in the suburbs where me people need power restrung right to their house. >> suarez: is there a solid waste problem? i mean with so much damage to so many things in so many places is the a lot of wrecking t fetid stuff around you don't very much to go yet....
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it's as close as new york city gets to having a waterfront village. but early last week the surging bay scarred the neighborhood. sunday morning broke crisp and clear and red hook streets were lined with black garbage bags filled with sodden debris that had been pulled out of hundreds of flooded buildings. residents had hung soaked linens out to dry. much of the neighborhood still lacked electricity. residents lined up at a gas station for fuel for their generators. pumps sucked water from basements that were still floodedded. as the morning went on, a new flood swept into red hook. hundreds of volunteers. requests for help pureed into a nerve center. coordinators assigned tasks to people who had come to help, handed out gloves, mops and cleaning supplies, and send the volunteers off to work. some of them distributed clothes, blank hes, food and supplies. others got to the dirty business of clearing water-logged wood and dry wall from flooded basements. stewart price was part of a group of 20 volunteers from tulsa, oklahoma >> we came up to watch the
it's as close as new york city gets to having a waterfront village. but early last week the surging bay scarred the neighborhood. sunday morning broke crisp and clear and red hook streets were lined with black garbage bags filled with sodden debris that had been pulled out of hundreds of flooded buildings. residents had hung soaked linens out to dry. much of the neighborhood still lacked electricity. residents lined up at a gas station for fuel for their generators. pumps sucked water from...
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it taxed transit systems to the limit in new york city, connecticut and parts of new jersey >> we keep missing trains because it's so packed you can't enter the trains >> reporter: lines stretched for blocks as thousands of people tried to get to work. trains from new jersey to new york remained out, but key subway lines connecting manhattan to brooklyn under the east river were open. and the statten island ferry was running. >> i don't think it's really normal for anyone right now. we have so much on our minds right now especially for those who have family that lost everything, you know. not normal yet. >> reporter: the trarns it challenges came on top of a cold night for thousands of people still without power with temperatures dropping into the 30s. >> we have hot soup, h chocolate, blank hes, cleaning supplies >> reporter: some 1.4 million homes and businesses across seven states still were in the dark. well more than 700,000 of those were in new jersey where governor chris christie visited with victims and volunteers today. >> there's still 760,000 people, households without power
it taxed transit systems to the limit in new york city, connecticut and parts of new jersey >> we keep missing trains because it's so packed you can't enter the trains >> reporter: lines stretched for blocks as thousands of people tried to get to work. trains from new jersey to new york remained out, but key subway lines connecting manhattan to brooklyn under the east river were open. and the statten island ferry was running. >> i don't think it's really normal for anyone...
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osman works in the pediatric primary care clinic at bellevue hospital in new york city. it's part of a national literacy program called reach out and read. books are given to children six months to five years old and parents are encouraged to read them aloud. >> he tried to started to read. to say a little things. >> reporter: why the doctor's office? because that's the one place where all children, including those most at risk, go regularly before they enter school. without some school experience before first grade, most low income children are almost guaranteed to begin school behind everyone else. and we are talking about a lot of children here: 5.1 million american children under the age of five are growing up in poverty. so what are states doing to get these kids ready for first grade? see for yourself. only ten states and the district of columbia tell schools they must provide full day kindergarten. 34 states require half day programs, and six states do not require any kindergarten at all. preschool programs like head start reach about one third of three and four y
osman works in the pediatric primary care clinic at bellevue hospital in new york city. it's part of a national literacy program called reach out and read. books are given to children six months to five years old and parents are encouraged to read them aloud. >> he tried to started to read. to say a little things. >> reporter: why the doctor's office? because that's the one place where all children, including those most at risk, go regularly before they enter school. without some...
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york where uri then shows up at the door and says, let's stay in minnesota. >> reporter: it may have seemed counterintuitive at first but the twin cities, known for a thriving arts scene and enjoying a renaissance in dance, offered new opportunities to carve out a niche. >> there had been a lot of work already done in the dance world, as well as room and space to welcome in new ideas and new visions for dance here in the twin cities. >> reporter: a few years after exploring career options and teaching, they began tu dance in 2004, named after toni and uri's first initials. the company has regularly sold out larger and larger venues with a repertoire that reflects uri sands diverse background. >> what i notice in the last five years is the evolution in the range of their work. they're one of the few companies that within their own work span so many different kinds of styles, from classical ballet to modern dance to contemporary performance to urban dance. there are companies that produce the diversity of work, but it's really toni and uri that are doing what i think is the most signif
york where uri then shows up at the door and says, let's stay in minnesota. >> reporter: it may have seemed counterintuitive at first but the twin cities, known for a thriving arts scene and enjoying a renaissance in dance, offered new opportunities to carve out a niche. >> there had been a lot of work already done in the dance world, as well as room and space to welcome in new ideas and new visions for dance here in the twin cities. >> reporter: a few years after exploring...
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when you're head of the new schools in new york city and you talk about having moved to new york and you have become more liberal and you're on videotape, that's not a good thing. >> brown: that's a republican win, but mostly-- i want to ask you, stu, because you have been watching senate races for two years, since the last cycle. are you surprised in what we've seen so far, the democrats winning, so far, the close races? >> no, when i look at my rothenberg political reports sheet which i've been working on hee fotwo yrs. no. we haven't seen any surprises. we had bob casey winning in pennsylvania. bill nelson in florida. claire mccaskill in missouri, deb fisher. and elizabeth warren in massachusetts. having said that, there is a general sense here that things are, i think, a correction that the senate races are going well for democrats. virginia, montana are important if the democrats could pick off arizona or nevada. but things have been breaking for the democrats the past couple of weeks, i think. >> brown: youaven had a chance to talk about missouri. >> missouri is a very interest
when you're head of the new schools in new york city and you talk about having moved to new york and you have become more liberal and you're on videotape, that's not a good thing. >> brown: that's a republican win, but mostly-- i want to ask you, stu, because you have been watching senate races for two years, since the last cycle. are you surprised in what we've seen so far, the democrats winning, so far, the close races? >> no, when i look at my rothenberg political reports sheet...